Offbeat U.S. rolls back protections for transgender prison inmates

01:50 13 may 2018

01:50 13 may 2018 Source:
reuters.com

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Advocates for transgender inmates across the U.S. count a number of landmark policy changes and court decisions affecting their treatment in state and federal prisons in recent years. Here's a look at some of those milestones: 1994: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that a transgender woman who was assaulted while in federal prison could seek damages against prison officials.2003: The Prison Rape Elimination Act is signed into law. The sweeping law requires that prisons make decisions about where to house transgender people on a case-by-case basis, rather than going by genital characteristics or gender at birth.

(Reuters) – The Trump administration has rolled back protections for transgender prison inmates introduced under former President Barack Obama after some prisoners challenged the policies in court.

The Trump administration is expected to rollback Obama-era protections for transgender inmates . The manual states that a trans inmate ’ s “views with respect to his/her own safety must be given serious consideration” by prisons .

The Trump administration has rolled back protections for transgender prison inmates introduced under former President Barack Obama after some prisoners challenged the policies in court.

An inmate's biological sex will now be used to make the initial decision as to where transgender prisoners are housed, instead of the gender to which they identify, according to a change in guidelines announced on Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.

The move, decried by transgender rights advocates, comes after four women held at a Texas detention center filed a federal lawsuit. The inmates argued that the previous prison guidelines, introduced in January 2017 just days before Obama left office, put them at greater risk of rape because they might have to share facilities with transgender women.

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Transgender prisoners must have the option to shower separately from other inmates if they so desire The manual ultimately clarified prison staff responsibilities when addressing and overseeing transgender prisoners , and into rolling back protections for transgender children in school.

May 12 (Reuters) - The Trump administration has rolled back protections for transgender prison inmates introduced under former President Barack Obama after some prisoners challenged the policies in court.

Under President Donald Trump, the Justice Department said in August that it would evaluate the issues in the lawsuit.

Following Friday's change to the guidelines, first reported by BuzzFeed News, prison authorities are instructed to consider the health and safety of transgender inmates, as well as "whether placement would threaten the management and security of the institution and/or pose a risk to other inmates in the institution."

Bureau of Prisons officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Saturday. But Nancy Ayers, a spokeswoman for the agency, told BuzzFeed News that the new policy takes into account the needs of all federal prisoners "and articulates the balance of safety needs of transgender inmates as well as other inmates."

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“If it’ s confining [ transgender inmates ] not to protect them, but to protect others from them, that does not comply,” they added. (Getty). The Trump administration removing these protections may subject the 473 self-identifying trans people in federal prisons to “physical violence” and “rape,” said Mara

WASHINGTON — Justice Department divisions are seeking to roll back policies that offer protections for gay and transgender people, amid a broader push by the Trump administration to reverse such rules. The Bureau of Prisons will now use an inmate ’ s biological sex to initially determine where that

The move was condemned by transgender activists, who point to official statistics that show transgender inmates are at disproportionate risk of suffering sexual violence.

"The decision to disregard a transgender person's gender identity is harmful and disrespectful," David Stacy, government affairs director of the Human Rights Campaign, a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocacy group, said in a statement.

The Trump administration has sought to ban transgender people from serving in the U.S. military and has taken other steps aimed at rolling back transgender rights.

In October, the administration said a federal law banning gender-based workplace discrimination does not protect transgender employees, reversing another Obama-era position.

In February, Trump rescinded Obama administration guidance that said public schools should let transgender students use the restroom corresponding to their gender identity.

(Reporting by Maria Caspani; Editing by Daniel Wallis and Tom Brown)

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The Trump administration is expected to rollback Obama-era protections for transgender inmates . The manual states that a trans inmate ’ s “views with respect to his/her own safety must be given serious consideration” by prisons .

Transgender prisoners must have the option to shower separately from other inmates if they so desire The manual ultimately clarified prison staff responsibilities when addressing and overseeing transgender prisoners , and into rolling back protections for transgender children in school.

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May 12 (Reuters) - The Trump administration has rolled back protections for transgender prison inmates introduced under former President Barack Obama after some prisoners challenged the policies in court.

“If it’ s confining [ transgender inmates ] not to protect them, but to protect others from them, that does not comply,” they added. (Getty). The Trump administration removing these protections may subject the 473 self-identifying trans people in federal prisons to “physical violence” and “rape,” said Mara

WASHINGTON — Justice Department divisions are seeking to roll back policies that offer protections for gay and transgender people, amid a broader push by the Trump administration to reverse such rules. The Bureau of Prisons will now use an inmate ’ s biological sex to initially determine where that

An inmate 's biological sex will now be used to make the initial decision as to where transgender prisoners are housed, instead of the gender to which they identify, according to a change in guidelines announced on Friday by the U . S . Bureau of Prisons .

Transgender prisoners must have the option to shower separately from other inmates if they so desire The manual ultimately clarified prison staff responsibilities when addressing and overseeing transgender prisoners , and into rolling back protections for transgender children in school.

In a federal lawsuit, four cisgender, evangelical Christian women in a federal prison in Texas are suing, arguing that transgender protections violate According to the manual, transgender and intersex inmates ’ “views with respect to his/her own safety must be given serious consideration” by prisons .

The Bureau of Prisons rolled back some measures that help prevents transgender prisoners from harassment, assault, sexual abuse.(Photo after four women filed a lawsuit in Texas that targeted the Obama-era rule and protections for transgender inmates , which were put in place in 2012.

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